Practice of training pharmacists engaged in emergency medicine as a certified pharmacist

Abstract

At present, pharmacists are required to have a high level of expertise in multidisciplinary team care, and the number of pharmacists who are generalists and specialists in particular fields is increasing. In this situation, various organizations have established certified pharmacy specialist and certified pharmacist systems. “Emergency medical care” is a field in which certified pharmacy specialist and certified pharmacist systems have been established. However, the number of certified pharmacists in this field remains lower than that in the field of infectious diseases and oncology. In “emergency medical care,” which varies greatly depending on the region and facility, pharmacists currently provide services based on their knowledge and experience accumulated at each facility. On February 1, 2025, the Japanese Society of Hospital Pharmacists and the Japanese Society for Emergency Medicine published the “Guidelines on Emergency Outpatient Pharmacist Services,” which is expected to promote pharmacist services in the future. This paper reports on the efforts of Kyoto Okamoto Memorial Hospital and the Kinki Emergency Pharmacist Study Group regarding pharmacist services related to “emergency medicine” and the educational system for such services.